eslever

Middle French

Verb

eslever

1. to raise; to lift up
2. to bring up (a child, etc.)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of eslever

infinitive	simple	eslever
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	eslevant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		eslevé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	esleve	esleves	esleve	eslevons	eslevez	eslevent
	imperfect	eslevois, eslevoys	eslevois, eslevoys	eslevoit, eslevoyt	eslevions, eslevyons	esleviez, eslevyez	eslevoient, eslevoyent
	past historic	esleva	eslevas	esleva	eslevasmes	eslevastes	esleverent
	future	esleverai, esleveray	esleveras	eslevera	esleverons	esleverez	esleveront
	conditional	esleverois, esleveroys	esleverois, esleveroys	esleveroit, esleveroyt	esleverions, esleveryons	esleveriez, esleveryez	esleveroient, esleveroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	esleve	esleves	esleve	eslevons	eslevez	eslevent
	imperfect	eslevasse	eslevasses	eslevast	eslevassions	eslevassiez	eslevassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	esleve	—	eslevons	eslevez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: élever